Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Tony-winning playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter Tom Stoppard has died at the age of 88.

LONDON: British playwright Tom Stoppard, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Shakespeare in Love and one of the most celebrated dramatists of the past six decades, has died at 88, his agency United Agents said on Saturday (Nov 29).Stoppard, who rose to prominence with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, was

In addition to his five Tony Awards, Tom Stoppard won the Oscar in in 1998 for 'Shakespeare in Love' and was nominated in 1985 for 'Brazil.'

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for the 1998 movie "Shakespeare In Love", has died at the age of 88.

Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.

British playwright Tom Stoppard, acclaimed for “Shakespeare In Love,” has died peacefully at 88, leaving a lasting legacy.